The KGB Oracle Forums General Public Discussion (PUBLIC) The Pub ADVICE - Opinions on my New Computer Build.

Hey everyone, I am about to buy a new computer and could use some feedback, if anyone has ran into problems with anything I am trying to do, or thinks something is better.
My main goal for this computer is be able to use Maya/Zbrush very effectivley. So right now one thing I have ran into is not getting 8800, but going with a Quadro, if anyone knows about this be great to get some feedback on that.

The computer will have Q6600 Quadcore, 8 gigs of ram, and still trying to decide what video card for Maya. I will run the computer on WinXP64bit.
(Also what type of WATT powersupply should I get, anyone know from experience)

$129.99 - Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050

$309.99 - Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=CA1938452 for sure has G0 Stepping for Q6600, right now.

$149.99 - Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154

$244.99 - RAM 4Gigs, gonna get 8gigs so around $500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220227


$32.99 – CDRom Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827131047

$109.99– 250g WD Harddrive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

$124.99 – Powersupply 600watt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153049
or this 650 watt


$379.99 – Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130071


THanks for any feedback.

Well, I can say it's unlikely you're going to find very many
who use or even know what Z-Brush and / or Maya is

The 8800 card. Stay away from it. It has known OpenGL issues
atm and it will absolutely kill your camera response within
Z and Maya both. I shipped mine back. I'll put it this way,
my LAPTOP with it's slow as hell 5600Go chip in it crushed that
board when it came to rotating a working shaded mesh in XSI. The
issues were THAT bad. They may have resolved them by now, but
check the Maya / Z forums to make sure before you commit.

I wanted to game on my system so I didn't go with a Quaddro board.
You will not game with a Quaddro. Just know that right now

Had a Pro board once. Cost me $1600.00 at the time. Back when
the Pentium Pro 200 was bleeding edge, I had Windows NT box
running dual PP-200's, the Oxygen 404 gfx board and Lightwave.
About $8000.00 in hardware, I ended up giving it away years
later. . . . .

My personal opinion ? Don't go Quaddro unless you work in a
studio with Maya and Z. Then let THEM buy you a quaddro if they
feel it's necessary. I run XSI, Z, and Rhino on a 7950 GT OC
card and I can't be happier with the results.

Don't go crazy on the Ram just yet. Unless you're running out
in Maya or Z I would pick up just four GB initially. Run the
apps for a while then determine if what your doing actually
requires more or not. I run mine with 2GB just fine

A 600 watt power supply should do you fine. Make sure you match
the power supply to what your graphics card needs. ( when you
decide on that ) Some cards require dual 12v rails that meet or
exceed certain amp requirements. Some cards require dual power
connections and some of those may be four or six pin depending
on the card. ( Mine is a single six pin, but the 8800 required
dual six pins )

I have zero experience with the quad cores. I run my system on
an AMD FX-60 dual core myself. Not sure of the heat they output
nor how much power they consume.

Hard-drive: I would probably get twin 250's or at the very least
a secondary drive to backup your data. It's easy to re-install
the application, not so easy to rebuild that model that took a
billion hours to get right. . . .

XP-64. I would be running it, but I think I mentioned I like to
game on mine still Make sure it has drivers for your gfx board
and other goodies you'll pick up.

Try not to overclock it ( as you're looking for stability here
not bleeding edge speed ) and don't forget to pick up some cooling
gear for all that heat is going to have to go somewhere

-Daye

I jsut bought a 7950 GT OC also, and I love it to death... I don't do any Maya or Z Bursh stuff though, just play games and watch Milkdrop, all night...

I just put a Newegg system together and got a Corsair power supply and absolutely loved it. Instead of this gigantic wiring bundle there was one small one that had the 24 pin MB connector and several smaller ones for different connector and then everything after that was on a as needed basis. The supply has slots in it that you plug in the required cables for hard drive power etc.... really slick and reduces the clutter. Did not notice your CPU fan but get a Zalman fan... amazing fan and get an AMMO case, has plenty of room etc... if you need specifics let me know and I can provide the part numbers for those items. Mushkin RAM rocks by the way.

Zalman fans are nice, but rather large.

I have a Zalman 9500 sitting on my processor and I can
say it definitely won't fit in most cases. Does it's
job rather nicely, but it is massive.

hey, thanks for the advice:) I hope everyone is doing wellll.

I have the same sweet case. That case is huge and will fit anything.

You guys are shitting me, I have the same case as well. Yeah, it has room for like 9 drives, has a little cd holder at the bottom, has like 3 built in fans, openings all over the place, sexy blue lights which you know you have to have in order to be a badass and go to a crazy ass lan, the works.

the syev case
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